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Checklist for Family Empididae Latreille, 1809 (Balloon flies)
and region France (West Europe)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		910
14038
53142		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		905
14020
53106		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		814
13689
52240		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		463
10788
44860		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies		118
2096
9795		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies		88
1458
6641		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
294
1344		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies		4
111
745		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, Dagger fly, Dance Flies		29
264		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for France
29 Genera with 264 Species
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Avenaphora Grimaldi & C..., 20161SpeciesTaxom
Bergenstammia Mik, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Brachystoma Meigen, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 183815SpeciesTaxom
Chelipoda Macquart, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 198714SpeciesTaxom
Dolichocephala Macquart, 19834SpeciesTaxom
Dryodromya Rondani, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Ecommocydromia Schlüter, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182780SpeciesTaxom
Gloma Meigen, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Heleodromia Haliday, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 18429SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1928Balloon Flies47SpeciesTaxom
Hilarempis Bezzi, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Hilarites Heer, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Kowarzia Mik, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Lamprempis Wheeler & Me..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Microphorites Hennig, 20143SpeciesTaxom
Neoplasta var.megorchi..., 19471SpeciesTaxom
Oreogeton Schiner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Phaeobalia Mik, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Philolutra Mik, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 195942SpeciesTaxom
Roederiodes Coquillett, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Tachista Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 199625SpeciesTaxom
Xiphidicera Macquart, 18341SpeciesTaxom


Species list for France
264 Species
Avenaphora gallica Nel & al., 2016
Bergenstammia pulla Vaillant & W..., 1989
Bergenstammia pyrenaica Vaillant & V..., 1987
Brachystoma longirostris Macquart, 1823
Brachystoma punctata Scopoli, 1763
Chelifera alpina Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera astigma Collin, 1927
Chelifera corsicana Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera flavella (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelifera giraudae Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera mantiformis Cuvier, 1795
Chelifera obscura Vaillant, 1968
Chelifera occidentalis Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera pallida Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera precabunda Collin, 1961
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera pyrenaica Vaillant, 1981
Chelifera serraticauda Engel, 1939
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chelipoda albiseta Zetterstedt, 1838Harkness' flaxflower
Chelipoda vocatoria Fallen, 1815
Clinocera (Clinocera) appendiculata Zetterstedt, 1838
Clinocera (Clinocera) schremmeri Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) wesmaeli Macquart, 1835
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) schnabli Becker, 1910
Clinocera (Kowarzia) tibiella Mik, 1880
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) orophila Vaillant, 1973
Clinocera (Phaeobalia) vaillanti Wagner, 1982
Clinocera cataractae Pusch, 1996
Clinocera disjuncta Sinclair, 2008
Clinocera frigida Vaillant, 1964
Clinocera subplectrum Vaillant & V..., 1987
Clinocera zwicki Vaillant & V..., 1987
Dolichocephala guttata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala irrorata Fallen, 1815
Dolichocephala ocellata Costa, 1854
Dolichocephala thomasi Wagner, 1983
Dryodromya testacea (Rondani, 1856)⇒ Dryodromia testacea Rondani, 1856
Ecommocydromia difficilis ♰ T. Schlüter, 1978
Empis (Anacrostichus) bistortae Meigen, 1822
Empis (Anacrostichus) lucida Zetterstedt, 1838
Empis (Anacrostichus) nitida Meigen, 1804
Empis (Coptophlebia) albinervis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Coptophlebia) leptomorion Bezzi, 1909
Empis (Coptophlebia) montana Daugeron, 1997
Empis (Coptophlebia) vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) aestiva Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) alampra Loew, 1873
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) bohemica Chvala & Syr..., 1989
Empis (Empis) caudatula Loew, 1867
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) decora Meigen, 1822
Empis (Empis) genualis Strobl, 1893
Empis (Empis) intercepta Melander, 1928
Empis (Empis) malleola Becker, 1887
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Empis) nuntia Meigen, 1838
Empis (Empis) pennipes Linnaeus, 1758
Empis (Empis) petulans Becker, 1910
Empis (Empis) planetica Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) prodromus (Loew, 1867)⇒ Empis pseudoprodromus Collin, 1969
Empis (Empis) protarsalis Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) simulium Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Empis) staegeri Collin, 1963
Empis (Empis) tanysphyra Loew, 1873
Empis (Euempis) ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) abdominalis Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Leptempis) cognata Egger, 1860
Empis (Leptempis) confusa Loew, 1865
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Leptempis) lamellata Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Leptempis) maculata Fabricius, 1781
Empis (Leptempis) pandellei Daugeron, 1999
Empis (Leptempis) rustica Fallen, 1816
Empis (Leptempis) variegata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis Meigen, 1804
Empis (Pachymeria) femorata Fabricius, 1798
Empis (Pachymeria) ringdahli Collin, 1969
Empis (Pachymeria) suberis Becker, 1907
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) crassa Nowicki, 1868
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) concolor Verrall, 1872
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) fagina Daugeron, 2009
Empis (Xanthempis) kuntzei Becker, 1910
Empis (Xanthempis) laetabilis Collin, 1926
Empis (Xanthempis) lagoensis Chvala, 1996
Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) montivaga Daugeron, 2000
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) semicinerea Loew, 1867
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) testacea (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Empis scutellata Curtis, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Empis (Xanthempis) virgulata Daugeron, 2009
Empis ater Macquart, 1827
Empis aurata Villers, 1789
Empis brandti Shamshev & G..., 2005
Empis brevipennata Macquart, 1827
Empis colonica Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Empis fiorii Bezzi, 1910
Empis flavicans Olivier, 1791
Empis fusca Daugeron & L..., 2015
Empis holosericea Walker, 1849
Empis hypandrialis Daugeron, 2000
Empis longicornis Macquart, 1823
Empis macrophthalma ♰ B. Förster, 1891
Empis macrorrhyncha Philippi, 1865
Empis obscura Macquart, 1827
Empis pallipes (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Empis decora Meigen, 1822
Empis pseudosemicinerea Daugeron, 2000
Empis sericea Olivier, 1791
Empis sibillina Bezzi, 1899
Empis subpennata Macquart, 1827
Empis trivittata Macquart, 1827
Gloma fuscipennis Meigen, 1822
Gloma fuscipes Melander, 1945Mediterranean cabbage
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) immaculata Haliday, 1833
Heleodromia (Heleodromia) schachti Wagner, 1985
Heleodromia haenii Wagner, 1996
Heleodromia pullata Melander, 1902
Hemerodromia adulatoria Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia baetica Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia gagneuri Vaillant, 1985
Hemerodromia gonatopus Speiser, 1908
Hemerodromia maculata Vaillant, 1968
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia raptoria Meigen, 1830
Hemerodromia unilineata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara abdominalis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara albiventris von Roser, 1840
Hilara andreasi Chvala, 2008
Hilara barbipes Frey, 1908
Hilara beckeri Strobl, 1892
Hilara bovina Becker, 1910
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara cinerea Macquart, 1834
Hilara clypeata Meigen, 1822
Hilara cornicula Loew, 1873
Hilara corsicana Chvala, 2008
Hilara discolor Strobl, 1892
Hilara diversipes Strobl, 1892
Hilara embartaki Chvala, 2008
Hilara fulvibarba Strobl, 1899
Hilara fulvipes (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Hilarempis huttoni Bezzi, 1904
Hilara fuscipes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Hilara platyura Loew, 1873
Hilara galactoptera (Strobl, 1910)⇒ Hilara lactescens Frey, 1955
Hilara globulipes (Fabricius, 1776)⇒ Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara griseola Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara heerii ♰ F. Meunier, 1915
Hilara hybrida Collin, 1961
Hilara interrupta Macquart, 1823
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara litorea Fallen, 1816
Hilara longeciliata Strobl, 1906
Hilara longirostris (Macquart, 1827)⇒ Hilara macquarti Straka, 1984
Hilara macquarti Straka, 1984
Hilara mantispa Frey, 1955
Hilara matroniformis Strobl, 1892
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara nigritarsis Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara nitidula Zetterstedt, 1838
Hilara pallens Macquart, 1823
Hilara paludosa (Becker, 1910)⇒ Hilara longeciliata Strobl, 1906
Hilara pseudochorica Strobl, 1892
Hilara pygialis Chvala, 2008
Hilara quadrula Chvala, 2002
Hilara rejecta Collin, 1927
Hilara rufipes Macquart, 1827
Hilara scrobiculata Loew, 1873
Hilara spinipes Macquart, 1827
Hilara submaura Collin, 1927
Hilara tanychira Strobl, 1892
Hilara thoracica Macquart, 1827
Hilara urophora Collin, 1928
Hilarempis huttoni Bezzi, 1904
Hilarites bellus ♰ O. Heer, 1856
Kowarzia subplectrum Vaillant & V..., 1987
Lamprempis diaphorina Osten Sacken, 1887
Microphorites deploegi ♰ A. Nel, 2004
Microphorites erikai Bramuzzo & Nel, 2017
Microphorites magaliae ♰ Perrichot & ..., 2014
Neoplasta alleghani (Melander, 1947)⇒ Neoplasta scapularis Loew, 1862
Oreogeton basalis Loew, 1856
Phaeobalia zwicki Vaillant & V..., 1987
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) longipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) umbripes Becker, 1887
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) crassicauda Strobl, 1893
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flaviventris Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) heterochroma Bezzi, 1898
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) anomalina (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Rhamphomyia anomala Oldenberg, 1915
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) poissoni Trehen, 1966
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) atra Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) barbata Macquart, 1823
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) curvula Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) marginata Fabricius, 1787
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) poplitea Wahlberg, 1844
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) unguiculata Frey, 1913
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) plumipes Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) subcinarescens Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) tibialis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) trilineata Zetterstedt, 1859
Rhamphomyia appendiculata Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia bicolor Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia brevis Loew, 1861
Rhamphomyia cervi Bartak, 2006
Rhamphomyia nitida (Macquart, 1827)⇒ Rhamphomyia micropyga Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia praecipua Bartak, 2002
Rhamphomyia saintbaumensis Bartak, 2007
Rhamphomyia speighti Bartak, 2006
Rhamphomyia versicolor Chillcott, 1959
Roederiodes wagneri Pusch, 1996
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) aequilobata Mandaron, 1964
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) aerea Vaillant, 1967
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) beckeri Mik, 1889
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) berthelemyi Vaillant & V..., 1987
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) bifida Vaillant, 1964
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) corsicana Vaillant, 1964
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) digitata Vaillant & V..., 1987
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) pyrenaica Vaillant, 1967
Wiedemannia (Chamaedipsia) wachtli Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) angelieri Vaillant, 1967
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) bohemani Zetterstedt, 1838
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) hygrobia Loew, 1858
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) queyarasiana Vaillant, 1956
Wiedemannia (Roederella) czernyi Bezzi, 1905
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) bistigma Curtis, 1834
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) debilis Collin, 1961
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) falcifera Vaillant, 1967
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) oxystoma Bezzi, 1905
Wiedemannia (Wiedemannia) rhynchops Nowicki, 1868
Wiedemannia ariolae Pusch, 1996
Wiedemannia bravonae Pusch, 1996
Wiedemannia brevilamelata Wagner, 1985
Wiedemannia glacicola Wagner, 1985
Wiedemannia kallistes Pusch, 1996
Wiedemannia martini Pusch, 1996
Xiphidicera rufipes Macquart, 1834

Subnodes of Empididae with occurrences in France
SubfamilyBrachystomatinae
Melander, 1908
1
2		Genus
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyClinocerinae
Collin, 1928
8
52		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyEmpidinae
Latreille, 1809
5
171		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyHemerodromiinae
Schiner, 1862
5
28		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyOreogetoninae
Chvala, 1976
2
3		Genera
Species
Taxom



Empididae (Latreille 1809)
Empididae (Latreille 1809)


Links, sources and further information
Empididae at aramel.free.fr
Empididae at artfakta.se
Empididae at dyntaxa.se
Empididae at gbif.org
Empididae at irmng.org
Empididae at itis.gov
Empididae at marinespecies.org